[1] In both 1957 and 1958, at Los Angeles Valley College, Wold was All-League and All-Southern California in basketball for the Monarchs, and playing left field for the Monarchs baseball team was named to the 1958 All-League baseball second team.
[2][1] He then transferred colleges, and played guard for the Oregon State Beavers basketball team from 1959–61.
[3][4][5] He was named to the 1959 Far West Classics All-Star Team and was All Coast Honorable Mention.
[1][7][8] His son Rich Wold later also played basketball for Oregon State.
[1] Wold was also inducted into the Los Angeles Unified School District Hall of Fame.